Holder for a series of small receptacles.



I 0. KING. HOLDER FOR A SERIES OF SMALL REGEPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20,1908.

Paf-e l e l Wit" eases Lil UNITED STATES PATENT orFioE.

UHARLES KING, OF LOUISIANA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO WILLIAMB. HALEY AND ONE-FOURTH TO ROBERT A. MAY, BOTH OF LOUISIANA, MISSOURI.

HOLDER FOR A SERIES OF SMALL RECEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed May 20, 1908. Serial No. 433,983.

To all whom it "may concern:

Belt known that I, CHARLES KING, citizen of the United States, residingat Louisiana, in'thecounty' of Pike and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Holders for a Series of SmallReceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The presentinvention provides a novel dc vice for cooling food and drinkin places where ice is not obtainable, but which are supplied witheither a spring, a well, or a cistern.

The invent-ion consists of a bucket provided with a cover which is notliable to be easily displaced and which may provide a tight joint toprevent water from entering the bucket, should the same be submerged inthe water of a well, cistern or the like. A series of receptacles areadapted to be placed within the bucket, each being designed to receivefood, drink or the like to be cooled. A holder is provided for securingthe receptacles to admit of their being handled conveniently, whenplacing the same in the bucket or removing them from the bucket. v

For a full miderstandiug of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to he had to the followingdescription and accompz uying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to dill'erent forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential featin-cs therco't', still the preferred embodimentis; shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bucket embodying the invention,parts being broken a way. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder,the dotted lines showing a series of receptacles in position. Fig. 8 isa horizontal section of the holder, showing a receptar-le in position,the dotted lines illustrating the position of the retainer when turnedaside to permit the buckets being placed in the holder or removedtherefrom.

(.(u'respmnling and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The bucket l is preferably constructed f.

-or loosening the same.

in the event of the same being submerged in tlie Waterof a well, spring,or the like. A band 5 strengthens the upper portion of the bucket and isfitted thereto immediately below the screw threaded portion. The ears towhich the bail is attached are connected to the sides of the bucketbelow the screw thread portion '3 so as not to interfere with theoperation of the'cover when tighteninc It is to be understood thatpacking of any kind may be provided to insure the formation of a tightjoint between the cover and bucket when desired.

,flhe bucket is intended to receive-a series of receptacles 5 whichserve as containers to receive the food, drink or other article to becooled. The receptacles 5 may be of varying heights to admit of theiradvantageous use. each being provided with a. cover to exclude matter ofany kind and to prevent the flavor of one food being impaired by thetlavor of another in the'cvent ot the receptacles being open or notsupplied with covers.

holder is supplied as an essential part of the appliance in ordertoreceive the series of receptacles and admit of their being easily and,conveniently,placed in the bucket or removed therefrom. The holderconsists of a rigid from i and a pivoted frame. The rigid t'ranlccomprises vertical bars 7 and end barsS, the latter being deflectedintermediate of their ends. The pivoted frame is in the nature of aretainer and consists of a vertical bar 9 and end bars 10, the I linesin Fig. 3, the receptacle fi-may be" either placed in position in theholder or rellO moved therefrom. After the receptacles have been placedwithin the holder, as indicated by the dotted lines in 2, and thepivoted frame has been turned to the position indicated in Fig. 2; andby the full lines in Fig. 2), said receptacles are confined Hid theholder may be lifted and lowered into'the bucket or removed from saidbucketas may he required.

The food, tltll ii or other article to be cooled is placed in thereceptacles 6, which are=then closed by fitting the covers thereto, saidreceptacles being placed in the holder and made secure by tnrning thepivoted frame or retainer, after which the holder with the receptaclesis lowered into the bucket and the latter closed by fitting the cover 4.thereon. The bucket is suspended or placed within a well, spring,cistern or the like, to permit the contents to cool. The cover a; byreason of its screw thread connection with the bucket is not liable tohe easily displaced, and a tight joint may he obtained by inter-posing apacking hctween the cover and bucket, as will he readily understood.

i-laving thus described the in vention, what is claimed as new is:

l l, The combination with a bucket, a series of receptacles, and aholder for said receptacles, the same consisting of COl'IlPlQ mentalfl'dll'lG/S; one of said frames being pivoted to heturned aside to admitof the re ceptacles. being placed in position or removed from the holderand consisting of a single vertical bar and end bars, and the otherframe comprising vertical bars and end bars, the vertical bars adaptedto enibrace the sides of the receptacles and the end bars to extendacross-the ends of. the pile of receptacles.

In a device of the character set-forth, a holder for confining a seriesof receptacles,

said holder consisting of a rigid frame and a pivoted frame, a rigidframe comprising relatively vertical bars and horizontal or end bars,and a pivoted frame-comprising a single vertical-bar and end bars, thelatter being pivoted to the end bars of the rigid frame. 7

in an appliance of the character specified, a holder comprising a rigidframe, and a pivoted frame, the rigid frame comprising vertical bars andinwardly confirged end bars, and the pivoted-frame having its and barspivoted to the end bars of th'c rigid frame their point of convergence.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES KING. {11. 8.] Witnesses Rom. A. Mar, JAIKiEzE E. PERO.

